Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-20
A MAN OF MAGIC.
REFORMATION FOR THOSE WISHING
TO LEARN SLElGHT OF HAND.

10 lbAHN SltlOHi VI 1ANU.
A Reporters Chat with a Modern Magi-
ConJur-r-Ds.ds OF DIsbI.rie-seVeral
New Tricks.
Militiaman John 4 schultz, the genial
cuniurrr of the Eighth regiment, had just
produced the pleasing illusion that the re
porter : hat WAS "A savings bank 10y appar-
emily abstTscting from the lining several
crisp bank notes, half "A dozen - gold
pieces. and quantity of silver dimes and
quarters, when the reporter seized the op-
portnnity and fired questions straight at
him without any delay whatever.
Well, said Militiaman Schultz, with
a smile 'as magiCians are good people 10
have around, and as the more good people
there are around in the world the better
it will become, l don't mind giving you
the secret that will increase our number.
The first tip is To 90 straight to some good
magician and take lessons III the art direct
from him. Books Of instructions are use
full only after the first principles Of the
art are mastered
When YOU can psl I'm and pass things
~ lnal YOU Ntli tAsil tAl Ah' Ni'istiN ShitAi
boy and all the smarter grown up folks in
Your house and in the family next door,
you re ready TO 90 ahead in Your career
~ a professional deceivcr of your fellow
man The next step IN that career is 10
get magical apparatus. That's the way
globes of gold fishes and dishes of blazing
oil and other startling things are pro
duced from empty p,cket hsndkerchiefs.
1t was 10y mechanical devices that Robert
Heller was able 10 take out of mans hat
= cart load Of fruit jars. piles Of tea
caddies, innumerable lighted Chinese
lanterns, about II ton Of rubber balls and
wooden blocks. a W rdrpbr Of clothes, a
pyramid of dishes. { nj finally the bright
little girl who USED To run down laughing
To seat among the spectators When IL
comes 10 the apparatus you can go 1t
economically, or you can revel in the
luNuriant expenditure 0f prolific income.
Magical outfits range in cost all the way
from 800 up into the thousands. A good
amateur. unless he wants TO Coutine him
self exclusively to card tricks. can't pos
sihly get along in n parlOr entertainment
without center table. These range III
cost from about 80 To $500 according 10
finish and the number Of traps and things
intended 10 produce the startling effects
that demonstrate TO your smart spectator
that hr isn't smart "a he thinks he is.
OTHER NEEDED ARTICLES.
after you get your table the rest Of
your outlay Is for mechanical tricks, the
first thing, Of course, 10 procure being
your conjurer's wand aud trick tube
pistol into which you can load things
that You have s~ss-hed TO flinders aud
want to reproduce whole. Thers. AZ sew
eral kinds of wanass-- t5ae toilrt sort will iioat
.,h lie air, another you can make disap-
pear down your throat, and another viii
fish sRver half dollars from the empty air
for You Then you will want glass boxes
that look empty until you want them 10
be full of curious things; card cases for
making cards disappear, and 10 cut mp
other queer antics with; the ineNhaustible
bottle. time honored chestnut of a trick,
but perennially interesting 10 the chill
dren-magic bird cages, money chests,
and lots Of other paraphernalia. In all
there are over POO pieces Of apparatus for
standard tricks from the simple tiny rub
her bottle that bohs up persistently until
the con njurer tells il to lie down, to the ap-
paratus that will enable you 10 safely cut
off the head of your best friend among
the spectators
Miliriaman schultz stopped for breath
when he had piled all this mystic lore
upon the reporters head, and gave the
scribe a chance 10 talk on his own account.
IRENE ndous"' the renprt,r said, and
what did you say it would cost 10 learn it
alp
Il didn't say vet, " retorted the militia
man, who can do over 800 strange, be-
wildering and incOmprehensible deeds of
diablerie-''i didn't say yet. but I'm
going 10 toll you now. You or anybody
else can learn 10 become n magician Of
varying excellence by paying from SIS to
$500 TO any one Of the pupils whom Herr
man or Heller has kindly taught. For
So you can learn a select few good tricks,
but for $500 probably. or 5000 at the out
side, you can get training that will enable
you TO do everything that anybody who
doesn't want the earth would care to per-
form.
."rhe conjurer must be a good talker
and funny one ut that. BY saying
funny things and being perfectly cool at
ali times he can travel smoothly along
with every trick. Ii is necessary in a
great many good tricks TO talk away at
the spectators to give them the impression
that you are explaining what you are
going to do, when ia reality you only
want to mislead them. The man who
tatls well and entertainingly can accom-
plish his purpose readily. Who ever saw
Heller. for instance, was delighted as
much by his bright talk almost as by the
tricks he did If trick is successfully
performed the wise conjurcr WIN not re-
peat it again that night. The wise con-
jurer will also keep his spectators some
distance from his conjuring tables. and,
above all If he blunders he will never
allow the blUnder to confuse him, but
will cleverly pretend that it was an effect
that he purposely intended 10 produce.
The cOnjurer can never afford TO he in too
much of hurry either. He wants to he
dead sure that he is going ahead with Ger
tainty Magic, in short, is one Of those
things in which you have To hasten
slowly"
FEW NEW TRICKS.
Militiaman Schultz paused again, and,
borrowing the reporters lead pencil,
kindly pulled two Rena Victoria cigars
ont of the end of it, and presenting one TO
the writer, lit the other himself Then
l.., a-l. Of far. ny. ..s he. Shn